Take Taobao to fight against Japan

But it is such a "cannon fodder" army with poorly clothed soldiers, sallow and emaciated, malnourished, crude weapons and equipment, and mostly disabled recruits.

In just two or three months, he was completely reborn, his face was radiant from the inside out, and he became a tiger and wolf army armed to the teeth.

So far, the 22nd Army has successfully withstood two waves of devils crossing the river and wiped out at least 4000 devil soldiers, although a large part of this was due to the geographical advantage and the help of the Tiger Army's air force.

But I have to say that the combat effectiveness of the 22nd Army has really improved several levels. Even compared with the current 5th Army in its heyday, it is not inferior in terms of weapons and equipment, mental outlook, or overall combat effectiveness!

Such earth-shaking changes are really embarrassing, and I have to admire Yang Fan's wealth and powerfulness, and admire the heaven-defying means of "money can make ghosts grind".

Du Yuming calmly said: "So everyone, don't be too anxious. The devil's Burmese dispatched army has a total of 50 troops. I don't know how many tough battles will be fought in the future. Are you still worried that there is no room for our 5th Army? ?”

Chapter 985 When will the ace come out?

Dai Anlan pursed her lips and said with a smile: "What the military seat said is very true. I was really too anxious before! At present, we really should stay still and not move. We have to see how the devils make moves. It won't be too late for us to come back and strike."

"now it's right!"

Du Yuming nodded, and said confidently: "As long as the Huben Army can firmly lock the mouth of the Salween River downstream to prevent the Devils' warships from going up the river, as long as they can evenly compete with the Devils Air Force, we will win this battle immediately. Invincible!"

Liao Yaoxiang seconded: "It is true that the lower reaches of the Salween River are guarded by the most elite troops of the Expeditionary Army. If the devils want to break through the defense line from under our noses, they will pay a bloody price.

I'm just a little worried about the safety of our rear. The 18th Army of the Devils has a whole 3 full-stack Division A divisions! "

Yu Shao continued: "There are 6th Army and 66th Army on the line of Dongzhi Jingdong, and there is 71st Army in Lashio. In addition, there are Huben Army in Daxi, Mandalay, and Secret City. The strength of the three armies of the army.

Although the 18th Army, which was attacked by the devils from the Shan State Plateau, is very powerful, it cannot carry too many heavy weapons. I think even if they can break through the defense line of Taunggyi Kingdong, they will never threaten the rear, let alone Not to mention cutting off the Yunnan-Myanmar Highway and threatening the industrial base in northern Myanmar! "

Liao Yaoxiang said again: "But what if the devils break through the defense line of Taunggyi Jingdong, instead of attacking all the way north, they attack Yangon south along the highway and railway line, outflanking our side?"

"this!"

Yu Shao was suddenly at a loss for words.

At present, the defense of the Chinese Expeditionary Force focuses on the Salween River defense line, the Taunggyi-Jingdong defense line, and the rear defense line built around the Burma Road, the main railway line, and the industrial base in northern Myanmar.

如果鬼子第18军不按照推演的剧本一路向滇缅公路和腊戍方向推进，而是来个回手掏南下进攻，会同其余几个军包抄驻守萨尔温江防线、仰光沿海城市的第5军、第22集团军、第31军以及虎贲远征第1军第2军。

In that case, the whole situation is really a little passive.

"This possibility does exist, but it doesn't matter, the 18th Army does not have enough heavy equipment and sufficient supplies, it is tantamount to a tiger with its teeth pulled out.

And our Huaxia Expeditionary Army is not weaker than the Japanese army in terms of weapons and equipment. The only difference is that there are too many recruits, and the overall quality of the soldiers is much worse than that of the Japanese army.

However, relying on the 18th Army alone to go deep alone cannot pose a fatal threat to the rear of our army, and at most it will cause some troubles.

Unless the defense line of the Salween River is broken across the board, the Japanese army will simply not be able to form an effective encirclement and suppression force! "

Du Yuming nodded lightly and said: "Therefore, we only need to hold the Salween River defense line with peace of mind. As for the others, we can only take one step at a time!"

"All the artillery positions are available, hit me hard! These bastards are starting to cross the river again!"

"Quick! Send the shells!"

At this moment, the artillery of the 22nd Army let out a roar again, crazily outputting the third wave of devils crossing the river who were attacking with all their strength.

Although it was indiscriminately bombed by the Devil bombers before and lost more than a quarter of its heavy artillery, most of the heavy artillery units of the 22nd Army still remained intact.

If it was the past, Li Jiayu would really be reluctant to let the remaining heavy artillery be exposed again, but now, the devil soldiers went crazy and launched the third wave of attack, and a large group of devil soldiers pushed rafts and wooden boats and other tools for crossing the river. Enter the Salween River like a dumpling.

In addition, the frontline troops of the 22nd Army were fighting desperately with the devil soldiers rushing to the west bank.

At this time, if you don't use artillery units to intercept firepower, you can only watch these newly joined devil troops rush to the west bank intact.

Therefore, Li Jiayu had no choice but to give up his loved ones, and risked the artillery positions being bombarded by devil bombers again, so that the artillery troops would go all out to cover the artillery positions with firepower!

The same recipe, the same taste, and the same routine as last time, the devil soldiers carried a large number of steel shields on the raft and wooden boat, and dismantled the raft after landing to build a beach position.

Even, the ghost soldiers piled up the corpses of their compatriots to form a flesh and blood bunker, and tried every means to push forward step by step.

At the same time, the remaining 20 heavy artillery pieces of the devils on the other side of the river were not idle.There are also hundreds of mortars and infantry guns roaring non-stop.

The 22nd Army's defense line along the river has suffered a huge test. The soldiers not only have to fight to the death with the advancing devil troops, but also have to withstand the fierce shelling of the devils.

Seeing that the devil's third wave of offensive troops had arrived in the center of the river, they would soon break through the fire blockade of the heavy artillery unit, and the frontline troops had been fighting bloody battles with the devil for more than an hour, with extremely heavy casualties on the front line.

Yang Junqing looked very worried, and couldn't bear it any longer, so he asked Li Jiayu anxiously:

"Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li, when can we use the trump card of the rocket artillery regiment? Our losses are already serious, and the number of casualties is at least 3000!"

The rocket artillery unit mentioned by Yang Junqing is a new unit belonging to the Huben Army sequence, but the total number is not large at present. Yang Fan can only deploy one rocket artillery regiment to the 22nd Army for temporary use, which can provide fire support and fire suppression at critical moments.

In addition, the Rocket Artillery Corps is still a secretive new unit, and it has been kept in a state of strict secrecy. Except for a very small number of military-level generals, ordinary division-level generals have no way of knowing.

The purpose is to give the Japanese devils a big surprise at the critical moment!

"Don't worry! We have to wait for the devils to send the fourth wave of crossing troops to the west bank before we can use this trump card. It will be refreshing to kill like this!"

The corners of Li Jiayu's mouth curled up slightly, and he smiled in a good mood. Ever since he witnessed the test firing of the rocket launcher at the secret experimental base last time, he was completely inflated.

With such a big killer, if the devil wants to use infantry to break through the Salween River defense line, it is simply a daydream!

Of course, there is a prerequisite that the rocket launcher has enough shells and tubes, and the safety of the rocket launcher must also be ensured.

"Well, that's right!"

"That's right, it wouldn't be fun if you frighten the devil directly and make him shrink back, haha!"

"Today we must tear off a piece of flesh from the devil! Otherwise, how can we be worthy of the dead brothers!"

Chen Dingxun, Yang Junqing and others nodded in agreement. Although the frontline troops are under a lot of pressure and suffer heavy casualties, they can still handle it completely, and the overall casualties are much smaller than those of the little devils!

So Li Jiayu has been planning in his mind to make a big picture, no matter what, it has to be the same as last time, and he must get rid of the 4 infantry regiments of the devils to be satisfied!

Chapter 986

East Bank of the Salween River.

Hebian Zhengsan stood on the top of the mountain holding a telescope, his face was full of dignity, like a sculpture motionless, all his attention was placed on the frontline battlefield of the Salween River where the fierce battle was taking place.

The Chief of Staff of the Devil's 19th Army, Yoshihiro Ichikawa, who was next to Masan Kawabe, also had a very ugly face, and he completely lost the confidence and calmness he had before the war.

The 19th Army launched the battle of crossing the river for more than two hours, and sent three waves of offensive troops, totaling more than 3 people, including more than 1.2 cannon fodder-level Burmese militiamen.

After a bloody battle, the Japanese and Burmese troops paid nearly 5000 lives, and finally established a relatively stable beachhead in the several kilometers long tidal flat along the river, which seems to have gained a firm foothold.

But Zhengsan by the river always felt that he was not so at ease. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that the more than 7000 people on the other side might be directly driven into the Salween River by the Chinese army at any time to feed the bastards.

Because of the 22nd Army's heroic struggle and extremely powerful firepower network, Kawabe Masamune realized a very serious problem, that is, the 22nd Army on the other side is by no means the local miscellaneous brand with simple weapons and equipment and low combat effectiveness. Troops up!

Hebian Zhengsan took a deep breath, and said brokenly: "Without the cooperation of the Imperial Navy in the attack, it would be too difficult to break through the Chinese army's defense line along the river!"

Ichikawa Yuji nodded and said: "The technical equipment and automatic firepower of the Huaxia Army are not inferior to the Imperial Army's at all, and they have a geographical advantage. It is really difficult to break through from the front.

At the same time, this also illustrates a very serious problem. The Chinese army is not really vulnerable, but lacks enough sophisticated weapons and equipment. "

"It is true that China cannot continue to receive continuous American military aid. Once millions of Chinese troops are replaced with advanced American equipment, the Empire of Japan will pay an unimaginable price!"

Hebian Zhengsan gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Therefore, the war in Burma must be settled as soon as possible, no matter how much the price is paid!"

"Fuck!"

Ichikawa Yuji nodded and said: "Kawabe-kun is right, for the great cause of the Great Japanese Empire, no matter how much we pay, it is worth it!

Now we only need to grit our teeth again, and we can rush into the Huaxia frontier positions in one breath, and fight hand-to-hand with the Huaxia defenders. I believe that the fighting skills of the warriors of the Imperial Japanese Empire will definitely make the Huaxia army suffer! "

"Don't be too anxious!"

Hebian Zhengsan waved his hand and said: "We still need to wait for the Imperial Air Force to completely silence the Huaxia artillery position and carry out precise bombing of the Huaxia position, and it will not be too late for the Imperial Army to launch a deadly charge to make a final decision!

Every drop of blood of the warriors of the empire is precious, we must be fully prepared! "

Yizhi Chuanyong nodded and said, "Hayi! The imperial army of the Great Japanese Empire will surely win!"

He Bianzheng turned his head to look at a communication staff officer and said, "Send me an order, when the Imperial Air Force comes to support again, immediately launch the fourth wave of crossing the river!

After the bombing was over, the West Bank combat troops immediately launched a full-line charge to completely break through the defense line of the Huaxia defenders along the river! "

"Hay!"

The devil's communication staff immediately took the order and left.

While the 19th Army of the Devils was fully attacking the Salween River defense line stationed by the 22nd Army, the 15th Division of the 55th Army of the Devils and the Devils Task Force were jointly attacking the Moulmein Fortress and the Bilu Island Fortress.

At this time, Xie Jinyuan, commander of the 1st Division, Tang Zhensi, chief of staff of the 1st Division, Shangguan Zhibiao, commander of the 3rd Brigade, and others stood in an observation post overlooking the surrounding battlefield.

Although the battle here is not as grand and grand as the Hpa An River section, the intensity is not bad at all. The Japanese soldiers used a large number of artillery, naval guns, and bombers to carry out repeated saturation bombing of Bilu Island and Mawlamyine Fortress, and then dispatched a large number Tanks and infantry attacked.

Back and forth, the 1st Division has repelled more than a dozen strong attacks by the Devils, and there have been tragic tug-of-wars in individual positions.

This time the devil really made up his mind to break open the mouth of the Salween River, completely break through the defense line of the Salween River, and open the southern gateway to attack Yangon.

Not only did the elite army of Devils do their best to attack frantically one after another, but the naval forces also spent their capital fully, disregarding the threat of coastal defense artillery and approaching bombardment with full firepower.

In order to strengthen fire suppression this time, the Japanese Navy task force has three battleships, five heavy cruisers, eight light cruisers, and more than ten destroyers, submarines and other types of ships.

The three battleships are the battleship Yamato, the battleship Haruna, and the battleship Kirishima.

The battleship Haruna and the battleship Kirishima both belong to the Kongo-class battleship. Among them, Haruna has a standard displacement of 32156 tons, a length of 222.5 meters, a width of 31.02 meters, and a draft of 9.72 meters.

舰载武器装备有356毫米口径主炮8门、152毫米口径火炮14门，127毫米口径火炮12门、25毫米口径高射炮34门及4具533毫米鱼雷发射管。

The standard battleship Kirishima is 31 tons, with a hull length of 980 meters, a width of 222 meters, and a draft of 31 meters. The shipboard weapons are equipped with 9.7 16mm five-mounted naval guns and eight 152mm high-angle guns.

而大和战列舰就更加不得了，全舰装甲防护厚重，舰上装备9门460毫米大口径主炮、12门155毫米副炮和156门25毫米高射炮.

The ship is driven by four steam turbines with a total power of 15 horsepower, equipped with photoelectric and radar detection systems, and has a full load displacement of 4 tons. It is the largest battleship in the history of human ships.

On November 1937, 11, four months after the outbreak of the war of aggression against China, Japan began the construction of the Yamato-class battleship. The first ship, the Yamato battleship, officially started construction at the Kure Naval Factory in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture? ? , laying the first keel? .

On August 1940, 8, the battleship Yamato was launched. To keep secrets, the launching ceremony was not made public.

Originally, the Yamato-class battleship was the ace killer of the Japanese Navy, and it was the super hole card when it was preparing to fight a tough battle with the US Navy.

However, due to the surprisingly successful attack on Pearl Harbor, the entire US Pacific Fleet was wiped out.

The Yamato-class battleship couldn't find a decent opponent for a while, so the work of keeping secrets was no longer so important.

In addition, the Burmese battlefield has become the only war that Japan needs to solve urgently at present, so the battleship Dahe, which is undergoing sea trial training, was sent to the Burmese theater to serve as the flagship of the task force to assist the Burmese dispatched troops to participate in the Burmese battle.

"These bastards, they are determined after eating the weights today! Bilu Island is in danger!"

The sound of cannons was rumbling in his ears, and there were soaring flames and billowing smoke everywhere in front of his eyes. Xie Jinyuan showed a long-lost dignified look.

Bilu Island suffered heavy losses of artillery, anti-aircraft guns and other heavy equipment under the violent bombardment of the Devil bombers and naval guns. Although it withstood several storms by the Devil troops, the troops suffered heavy casualties, and the entire Bilu Island fortress was already in jeopardy. up.

Chapter 987

"Master, do you want to send troops to reinforce the 5th regiment?"

Shangguan Zhibiao also saw the seriousness of the problem, and asked in a deep voice: "The guns of the Devil battleship are too powerful, and the forts on Bilu Island have been completely damaged, and they are no longer able to pose a threat to the Devil fleet.

Our fortress artillery here and the coastal defense artillery of the coastal defense line are beyond our reach!Oh, I'm so anxious! "

Tang Zhensi seconded: "Yeah, the three battleships of the Devil are indeed a big trouble, especially the Yamato-class battleship, the nine 9mm naval guns are too threatening, and our fortifications simply cannot withstand its bombardment." !"

Although this is the first official appearance of the Yamato-class battleship, Yang Fan is well aware of its existence, so its technical information is no secret among the senior generals of the Huben Army.

It's just that what Yang Fan didn't expect was that the battleship Dahe, which had been staying at home in the past, appeared a few years earlier and appeared on the battlefield in Burma.

It has to be mentioned here that when the 460mm naval gun attacks a ground target, it can cause a huge crater with a radius of more than 40 meters and a depth of more than 10 meters, and the killing range will reach 300 meters.

However, the 155mm large-caliber howitzers used by the armies of various countries in the world today can only create craters with a radius of more than 15 meters and a depth of about 2 meters. This is a huge difference.

The Yamato battleship has 3 seats and 3 guns with 9 main guns, which can directly destroy a residential area or a target within the scope of a large stadium.

Where the shells went, there was no grass, no life, no life, only death.

"No, if the threat of the Devil battleship is not resolved, it will be useless for more people to go up! Report this situation to the chief immediately, and tell Hao Cheng to let them hold on for another 2 hours, and then immediately retreat to Moulmein City!"

Xie Jinyuan waved his hand. The artillery of the Bilu Island Fortress was basically silenced, and the fortifications were also greatly damaged, but it was completely possible to rely on the terrain advantage and the remaining fortifications to eat up one or two waves of devils attacking troops. .

"Tuan seat, teacher seat urgent call!"

Soon, the communications staff sent the telegram sent by the division headquarters to Hao Cheng, the head of the 7th regiment.

Hao Cheng quickly took the telegram and looked at it, and immediately frowned: "What? Let's hold on for another 2 hours before retreating to Mawlamyine?"

"Just give up Bilu Island so easily? Although the devil's artillery fire is dreamy, our regiment has suffered a lot of casualties, but we can completely rely on the geographical advantage to continue to fight against the devil. It will be no problem to stick to it for two or three days!"

Hao Cheng looked at Li Binkai, chief of staff of the regiment, in great perplexity, and said anxiously, "Old Li, what do you think of this matter?"

After pondering for a while, Li Binkai said, "It's true that we can hold out until dark, but obviously, if this is the case, there may not be many people left in our regiment!